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Track & Field, 2012 British Athletics League National Division One, Match 4, TVAC Eton, 18 August 2012. Golden oldies fill the slots
Above: Paskar Owor heads the field on the opening lap of the 1500 metres. Abi Ekoku - operating on memories of competitions past. Wez Smith gives the javelin some 'welly'. Photos by Alan Mead. They can also be viewed in larger format by clicking on the Facebook logo on the home page of this site. Strongest teams of the year This was the last contest in a season where every match has been closely fought with just a few points either way resulting in big changes to the finishing order. The only certainty entering this match was that Harrow were definitely for the drop. The promotion and relegation spots were pretty much settled but some good efforts could still see changes. With this in mind most clubs entered their strongest teams of the year and were rewarded with some fine performances on a sweltering hot day with temperatures hovering around 30 deg C. Big points Last minute withdrawals by Wade Bennett Jackson, Gary Wilson and Cameron Johnson meant that several golden oldies were brought into the fray and several young guns were over worked. James Kelly flew in from Madrid for good points in the B1500 and B5000 in weather very similar to his normal training conditions. But the middle distance star was once again Paskar Owor who amassed big points by finishing second in the B800, third in the A1500 and then winning the A5000. Steve Davies ran his fastest 800 this year despite an Achilles problem which prevented him running down Cardiff’s Elliot Slade who led from gun to tape in an impressive 1.50.28. The Eton track has seen better days and the sprinters were finding it difficult to anchor their starting blocks. In the 100 we witnessed athletes getting colleagues to stand on the back of blocks to stop them moving. Greg Cackett had ran an excellent 10.48 for second despite blocks slipping but in the 200 he started without blocks and it took Internationals Luke Fagan (20.60 win) and Nigel Levine to ease him into third spot with a fine 21.21 timing. Nipped home for lunch The first track event saw Richard Aspden fill our B400H spot for the first time this season. Normally JC is a lone Belgrave competitor in the long hurdles. This time both our men finished fourth gaining more than expected points. They doubled up in the 110H also but with less success. Richard later competed in the high jump as A string and concluded with a leg in the long relay. He lives very close to the Eton track and nipped home for lunch and tea between events. Cool. The shortage of officials showed in several ways. Daniel Gardner cleared 4.90 in the A pole vault competition only to discover that one of the stands was at 4.80. When this was corrected he again sailed over but could not match the winning jump of 5.00 and settled for second. He added more good points in the B high jump. In the 400 hurdles we saw the B event runners ling up in the same lanes which the A event runners had used. It was only when the B race was about to start was this noticed. A quick game of musical chairs remedied the error and peace was restored.
Above: Mark Allen ended the day just 1 point shy of our season's record points score. Back from Madrid for a 1500m/5000m double, James Kelly. J-C Roghi was pleased with 4th in the A string 400 metre hurdles. Matt Richards - A string hammer win Once again the throws produced big points with Matt Richards winning the A hammer and Mark Allen the B. Mark was looking for 33 points from his day’s work in a bid to equal Paskar’s annual points total record of 129. With third spot in the B Discus backing up a good series by Leith Marar and filling the B pole vault and long jump slots he was closing in on his target with just the shot and javelin left. The A spear was entrusted to the redoubtable Wez Smith. Wez jetted in from his home in Finland and peppered the 60m line to gain good points. Few will remember Wez as he first competed in BAL as junior in 1997. Three years ago he broke his arm in competition but has since made a remarkable recovery. Another Golden Oldie Abi Ekoku stepped in for the shot and recorded an exceptional 14.17m on no training whatsoever. Mark Allen - 1 point shy of record score for the season Meanwhile Mark Allen was plugging away for points. He beat Abi for A spot which was ironical as the scoring system gave him 6 points in the A shot whereas the same distance in the B event was worth 12 points. Mark was willing Abi to better his 14.32m effort so their positions could be reversed but without success. As a result Mark’s final total for the season was 128 points, just one shy of the record. For most of the match Belgrave had been in second or third place but our weary relay men, exhausted from earlier efforts could only muster a handful of points and we dropped to fourth spot on the day and sufficient to move Belgrave up to fifth spot in the final League standings. Thanks to Tony Ganio for looking after the jumps squad and Physio Chris Lewis who helped keep the show on the road. With more comebacks than Frank Sinatra this match was the last one for the team manager who retired three years ago, but has stepped in again and again as no replacement could be found. it remains to be seen whether somebody will volunteer for the team manager’s job next season. If not the future of Belgrave in the BAL is in question. 100m: 2 G Cackett 10.48/1.1; 7 S Marcus 11.48/0.5. 200m: 3 G Cackett 21.21/1.2; 7 P Walker 22.82/0.5. 400m: 7 C Collins 50.13; 7 C Webb 52.34. 800m: 3 S Davies 1:51.82; 2 P Owor 1:56.95. 1500m: 3 P Owor 3:57.23; 2 J kelly 4:01.64. 5000m: 1 P Owor 14:48.99; 2 J Kelly 15:09.97. 110mH: 8 J-C Roghi 16.37w/2.2; 6 R Aspden 18.89w/2.2. 400mH: 4 J-C Roghi 56.47; 4 R Aspden 62.00. 3000mSC: 6 W Cockerell 10:30.75. HJ: 7 R Aspden 1.80; 6 D Gardner 1.75. LJ: 3 P Ogun 7.048 8 M Allen 3.42. TJ: 6 D Wellstead 13.40; 4 P Ogun 13.66. PV: 2 D Gardner 4.90; 6 M Allen 2.20. SP: 6 M Allen 14.32; 1 A Ekoku M45 14.17. DT: 5 L Marar 45.30; 3 M Allen 44.32. JT: 4 W Smith 59.26; 6 M Allen 44.32. HT: 1 M Richards 62.50; 1 M Allen 56.14. 4x100m: 4 Belgrave 42.88 (S Marcus, G Cackett, C Webb, P Walker). 4x400m: 8 Belgrave 3:38.07 (C Collins, R Aspden, S Marcus, P Walker). Match result: 1 Enfield & Haringey AC 341; 2 Windsor, Slough Eton & Hounslow AC 295; 3 Cardiff AAC 280; 4 Belgrave H 275; 5 Herne Hill H 256; 6 Gateshead H&AC 255; 7 Thames Valley Valley H 242; 8 Harrow AC 238. Final League positions: 1 Enfield & Haringey AC 26; 2 Herne Hill H 21; 3 Windsor SE&H AC 21; 4 Cardiff AAC 20.5; 5 Belgrave H 18; 6 Thames Valley H 17.5; 7 Gateshead H&AC 11; 8 Harrow AC 5. Below: Ciaran Collins to Richard Aspden in the long relay. Paskar hits the track to face stiff opposition for his third race of the day - a winning 5000 metres. Greg Cackett to Cameron Webb on the second takeover in the sprint relay.
Above: Third in the a string 800 metres - Steve Davies. Cooling off on a hot day - Will Cockerell in the steeplechase. Winner of the A string hammer was Matt Richards. Rosenheim League Final, Tooting, 15 August 2012. Men. 100m: 4 S Marcus 11.48w/2.1; n/s 6r2 K Adjepong M40 12.38/1.8; 8r3 E Adesina 13.98/1.5. 200m: 4 S Marcus 23.33/1.9; n/s 4r1 C Collins 23.27/0.4; 8r3 R McMillan 30.53/1.1. 400m: 6 W Ireson 56.41. 800m: 10 (scoring 5) N Dilley 2:16.89. 1500m: 14 R Norville (5) 4:39.96; n/s 7 M Trees M45 4:18.59; 11 T Trees U17 4:28.19; 15 S Boaden 4:44.14. 3000m: 6 W Cockerell (4) 9:07.99; 15 T Trees U17 9:49.40. 400mH: 5 W Ireson (4) 68.58. 4x200m: 3 Belgrave 1:36.26. HJ: 3 W Ireson 1.50. TJ: 1 D Wellstead 13.05. SP: 3 C Privett 10.62. JT: 5 D Wellstead 43.38. Match result: 1 Kingston & PolyH 85; 2 Hercules Wimbledon AC 76.5; 3= Belgrave H & Croydon H 61; 5 Herne Hill H 59.5; 6 Walton AC 30; 7 British Airways 11; 8 St. Mary's Richmond 3. Women. N/s 1500m: J Rhodes 5:10.63. The XXXth Olympic Games
Official Olympic Site | IAAF - Athletics at the Olympics | Previous Belgrave Olympians Marty - an Olympian at last Marathon, 12 August. Having competed for Australia for many years at cross country, road and track, Woking born Belgravian Marty Dent was selected for the Olympic Marathon and ended up second Aussie home, ahead of the Brits, in 28th place with 2:16:29. Support for our man abounded on the course with a whole group of folk in the St. James' Park area wearing 'Team Marty' tee-shirts. In the warm conditions Marty ran an incredibly even-paced race, going through the first 5k split in as low as 83rd place (16:01) and followed with: 10k/82nd/16:13/32:14, 15k/78th/16:00/48:14, 20k/74th/16:31/1:04:45, HM/71st/1:08:17, 25k/65th/16:16/1:21:01, 30k/56th/15:51/1:36:52, 35k/44th/16:22/1:53:14, 40k/31st/16:13/2:09:27.
A tough day for brave Goldie Javelin, 7 August. In the form of her life having set a British Record for the Javelin of 66.17 metres in the London Grand Prix on 14 July, Goldie Sayers then had the misfortune to suffer a torn ligament in her elbow. She was determined to throw in the Olympic Stadium, in spite of whatever pain she had to endure, hoping to launch a throw that would get her to the final. It didn't happen. A clearly upset Goldie told TV interviewers, "It was just not meant to be but I made the decision [at the holding camp] in Portugal to not make an emotional decision but I know I can throw 70m and I will carry on to Rio. "It's just gutting not to be in the final in front of a home crowd. Hopefully I can do the country proud in Rio.".
Phillips Idowu also unable to do himself justice Triple Jump, 7 August. It was double trouble for Belgrave fans as Phillips Idowu, a pretty solid bet for a medal and maybe even a gold one, was also unable to do himself justice. Dubbed the Mystery Man by the media over the last week or so, due to his non attendance at the holding camp, it became obvious when qualifying round started that Phillips was ring rusty. He hadn't competed since early season when he slipped on a take-off board and injured his knee. That knee is still not right and in Phillips' own words, "I've competed for 12 years and I can't remember a time I've performed that badly." But he further added, "Definitely I am going to carry on competing. I don't think you've seen the best of me yet. Regardless of my achievements at these Games I was never going to finish here." Dwain Chambers just misses a place in the 100m final Below: Ryan Bailey of the United States, Daniel Bailey of Antigua and Barbuda, Dwain Chambers of Great Britain, Usain Bolt of Jamaica, Bingtian Su of China and Antoine Adams of Saint Kitts and Nevis come together to contest semi-final 2 with only the first two to go through to the final (Gerald Phiri of Zambia and Richard Thompson of Trinidad and Tobago are out of shot).
100 metres, 4-5 August. After a 12 year absence from Olympic competition Dwain Chambers turned on a performance of which we and he can be rightly proud. A first round heat win took him to a semi-final where he lined up in the lane alongside Jamaica's Usain Bolt. We always expected that it would take a sub-10 performance to get Dwain to the final as an automatic qualifier but this did seem to be a possibility after his earlier 10.02 - amazingly only 5/100ths off his best time set eleven years ago. However, this Olympic 100 metres competition was like no other as the best sprinters the World has ever seen came together in the 'semis', and in a 'stacked' race Dwain was 4th in 10.05 after being close to heading the field during the early stages. Sure there was some disappointment but it had been a long, hard, and sometimes dark road that eventually brought Dwain Chambers back to the limelight of Olympic competition. Now 34 years of age and with some fast young Britons snapping at his heels it is possible that Rio 2016 might be an Olympiad too far but the London crowd had given him a rapturous welcome, he had fully justified the selectors' faith in him and his smile at the end of the race told us that it had all been worth it. After some marvellous performances in 2011, Darvin Edwards representing St. Lucia, was unable to clear his opening height in the high jump.
UK Women's Athletics League Division Three Match 3, Leeds, 28 July 2012. UKWAL - Belles end up in the top half of the division In spite of another long haul - to Leeds this time - the Belles turned out a respectable team to place fifth on the day and ended up in the top half of their division ... not bad at all. And not only that, Team Manager Bob Bridges made it to the match to watch his ladies in action so it was cause for a double celebration. 100m: 4 H Ryan 13.46; 2 A Horrobin 13.44. 200m: 3 R Pile 26.0; 4 H Ryan 28.4. 400m: 1 R Pile 57.19; 5 J Case 68.10. 800m: 6 A Heydenrych 2:35.08; 6 M Noel 3:04.28. 1500m: 6 S Murphy 5:06.00; 6 A Heydenrych 5:30.35. 3000m: 3 S Murphy 10:30.62; 4 M Noel 12:42.01. 100mH: 2 J Favell 15.13; 2 L Aylwin 17.47. 400mH: 2 A Horrobin 65.51; 2 L Aylwin 68.52. HJ: 5 M Nestor 1.40. LJ: 2 J Favell 5.25; 3 M Nestor 4.76. TJ: 2 M Nestor 10.49; 1 H Ryan 9.36. SP: 6 L Aylwin 7.57; 6 R Pile 7.56. DT: 6 H Mead 20.68; 7 J Case 12.24. JT: 2 J Favell 35.49; 4 H Mead 18.49. HT: 7 H Mead 14.85. 4x100m: 3 Belgrave 51.7 (A Horrobin, L Aylwin, J Favell, H Ryan). 4x400m: 5 Belgrave 4:12.37 (A Heydenrych, L Aylwin, A Horrobin, J Favell). Match result: 1 Reading AC 238; 2 Leeds City AC 235; 3 Notts AC 195; 4 Wakefield DH&AC 172; 5 Belgrave H 170; 6 City of Liverpool 142; 7 Aldershot F&D AC 113; 8 Brighton & Hove AC 8. Final league positions: 1 Reading AC 663 22; 2 Notts AC 623.5 20; 3 Leeds City AC 586 17; 4 Belgrave H 494 14; 5 City of Liverpool 472 12; 6 Aldershot F&D AC 438.5 10; 7 Wakefield DH&AC 388 7; 8 Brighton & Hove AC 305 7. British Athletics League National Division One, Match 3, Copthall Stadium, Barnet, 28 July 2012. Chasing every extra point Full results | Photos by Emanuelis Stasaitis
Match 3 provided a nostalgic chance to see the tired Copthall stadium for the last time. Building works behind the back straight have already started as part of a massive £20million re-build following the sale of the site to Saracens rugby club. Shaftesbury Barnet have negotiated a 30 year lease so athletics will be retained in the forseeable future thanks to an innovative design including retractable seating which will cover the ends of the track through the rugby season. Ground works meant that several events had to be held outside the track and your elderly team manager's fitness was tested as he scurried from event to event.
Transport delays But this was not the only challenge. This match coincided with the Olympic road race which had closed many roads in Surrey and South London. The inevitable transport delays and the 11.00am start to this double fixture were bound to throw up problems. David Wellstead missed the 11.00 am long jump start and arrived just in time to record a modest third round effort. But Paul Ogun went some way to compensate by winning the A event with his last jump. Later in the triple jump both men responded well and David produced a season's best to get second spot in the B competition with Paul third in the A event. Alongside them in the pole vault junior Daniel Gardner won with a new pb of 5.10m and Andy Boudrie popped over a height for B points. Andy too had been delayed and missed the high jump where our sole competitor was Mark Allen. Mark buzzed from event to event gaining valuable points. In the 11.00am hammer he led specialist Matt Richards until the last round when Matt finally composed himself and powered out a winning effort just shy of 60m. With Mark winning the B we had maximum points in the hammer. The discus also produced good points with Leith Marar fourth in the A and again Mark winning the B. But the javelin suffered from the loss of Aaron Crawford while the shot yielded meagre points. Peter Mayfield responded to a last minute call and gained valuable points in the javelin and shot to back up Mark Allen. Exciting races and times The track produced some exciting races and times. But our early week hopes of a track points bonanza suffered a blow when on Friday night Wade Bennett Jackson reported unfit. On the day Pierre Walker stepped into the B100 and Cameron Webb the B200 both acquitting themselves well and gleaning more points. Greg Cackett saved the day by doubling the 100 and 200 finishing a close second in each high quality sprint. Interestingly the Division 1 sprints were faster than the Premiership ones which followed in this double match fixture. The middle distance races proved compelling with several men competing in the team for the first time this year. It was great to see Kris Gauson back. He has been in the States for four years and after a long collegiate season had already brought his season to a close. Thankfully he agreed to support the squad with one more competition and despite being clearly tired gained fourth in the A800 and third in the B 1500. Paskar Owor produced his usual clutch of points finishing third in the B800 and winning the B3000. Dan Mulhare too made a welcome return to the team and won the A3000 by just a whisker from a fast finishing Paskar. Both men had broken away from the field and battled each other over the last two laps. Dan finished with the bragging rights as previously he had also won the B1500. But it was the steeplechase that gladdened the eyes. New member Matthew Graham ran away from the field to win in impressive style. Matthew is just 22 years old and has a great future ahead. Will Cockerell again produced a solid effort for B race points despite his vertical drop with pike technique into the water. (Tom Daley eat your heart out!).
Belgrave were second ... Coming into the final relays Belgrave were second. But a makeshift sprint squad couldn't overcome a poor start while ten minutes later the long relay boys lined up to find they numbered but three. Someone had gone home unexpectedly. Fortunately Pierre Walker who had warmed down from the sprint relay had enough time to get his spikes back on and took over the final leg to gain the 6 points which ensured we finished equal third with Cardiff AC. This was the second match this year we had tied a place. Just one more point in each of these matches would have made a big difference to Belgrave's League standing . If ever proof was needed that "chasing for every extra point" remains the name of the game this was it. Harrow AC are doomed for the drop and Gateshead have only a slender chance of staying in Division 1. HHH on the other hand are going to experience the joys of next year’s Premiership. As a fellow SLAN club we wish them well. So on to the final match at Eton on the 18th August where matters will be decided. 100m: 2 G Cackett 10.54/0.4; 6 P Walker 11.32/1.9; n/s 7r1 C Webb 11.40/-0.8; 4r2 P Walker 11.49/-1.8. 200m: 2 G Cackett 21.30w/2.9; 5 C Webb 22.79/-0.3. 400m: 7 A Boudrie 49.7; 5 M Anukam 50.52. 800m: 4 K Gauson 1:53.25; 3 P Owor 1:56.27. 1500m: 3 K Gauson 3:57.40; 1 D Mulhare 3:59.08. 3000m: 1 D Mulhare 8:28.51; 1 P Owor 8:28.58. 110mH: 4 G Wilson 14.78/-1.0; 6 J-C Roghi 16.23/1.2. 400mH: 5 J-C Roghi 55.45. 3000mSC: 1 M Graham 9:07.33; 5 W Cockerell 10:26.14. HJ: 8 M Allen 1.50. LJ: 1 P Ogun 7.09/1.8; 7 D Wellstead 5.65/0.9. TJ: 3 P Ogun 14.58/1.2; 2 D Wellstead 14.19/1.5. PV: 1 D Gardner 5.10; 6 A Boudrie 2.20. SP: 6 M Allen 13.50; 7 P Mayfield 10.60. DT: 4 L Marar M40 48.43; 1 M Allen 45.00. JT: 7 M Allen 42.35; 6 P Mayfield 38.18. HT: 1 M Richards 59.59; 1 M Allen 52.64. 4x100m: 6 Belgrave 43.54 (P Walker, G Cackett, C Webb, G Wilson). 4x400m: 6 Belgrave 3.26.26. (C Collins 51.5, C Webb 52.7, A Boudrie 49.9, P Walker 52.2). Match result: 1 Enfield & Haringey 330; 2 Herne Hill H 304; 3= Belgrave H & Cardiff AAC 296; 5 Thames Valley H 274; 6 Windsor, Slough Eton & Hounslow 242; 7 Gateshead H & AC 231; 8 Harrow AC 214. League positions after three matches: 1 Herne Hill H 21; 2 Enfield & Haringey 18; 3 Thames Valley H 15.5; 4 Cardiff AAC 14.5; 5 Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow 14; 6 Belgrave H 13; 7 Gateshead H & AC 8; 8 Harrow AC 4. BMC Nike GP, Solihull, 21 July 2012. Men. 800m: 4rB K Gauson 1:50.28. 5000m: 4rB J Kelly 14:28.33. Herne Hill H Open Meeting, Tooting, 21 July 2012. Men. 100m: 2rC P Walker 11.49/-1.6; 5rF P Mayfield 12.9*. 200m: 3rC P Walker 22.95/-1.1. 400mH: 2 J-C Roghi 56.15. LJ: nm P Mayfield SP: 5 P Mayfield 11.19. Women. 1 A Horrobin 65.42. Donnas, Italy, 14 July 2012. Men. 100m: 2rA G Cackett 10.55/0.0 (1h 10.33/1.7); 3 W Bennett-Jackson 10.66 (1h 10.49w/3.0). 200m: 1r3 G Cackett 21.07/1.7. Aviva London Grand Prix, Crystal Palace, 13-14 July 2012. Men. 100m: a 5h2 D Chambers 10.35/-1.5. 110mH: 8h1 W Sharman 13.87/0.0. Women. JT: 1 G Sayers 66.17 (GB&I Record). BMC Gold Standard Races, Watford, 11 July 2012. Men. 800m: 2rA K Gauson 1:51.40. Left: Sprinter Tamara Hamond was a big boost to the team, pictured here in Rosenheim League action by Emanuelis Stasaitis
UK Women's Athletics League Division Three Match 2, Liverpool, 1 July 2012. Great work by the Belles in Liverpool Taking a team to the further flung reaches of the country is always problematic and with Team Manager Bob Bridges temporarily out of action Don Anderson stepped up to drive the majority of our squad in a minibus from Battersea to Liverpool on the morning of the match. A hold up on the M1 meant a late arrival but thankfully the organisers agreed to hold back the timetable half an hour and as our girls arrived they swung straight into action. With Don switching into timekeeper mode, Val offering her services as a track judge and Rex Bale, Jack Albrow and Mike Causer doing duty on the field we even earned a full score for our officials. Big thanks to them. Amazing stuff As the early results came in, with a great start in the 400m hurdles thanks to Louise Aylwin and Ashleigh Horrobin, soon the team were in third team spot ... and then third became second when we picked up two third spots in the 100m ... amazing stuff ... although Tamara Hamond was not impressed with her sprint performances and later put herself forward to run the 2k steeplechase as penance! It was wonderful to have Lou Blizzard and Sarah Murphy back in the team; both are now resident in the North and they boosted our middle-distance scores handsomely. Awesome As usual heptathlete Jodie Favell was everywhere. She normally manages at least one win and here it came in the long jump, and with Michelle Nestor taking second in the 'B' this became a high scoring event for us. Rebecca Pile was awesome in winning the 400 metres and followed up with a 200m 'B' win and last leg in the long relay. Delighted Vilma Thompson, Hazel Mead and sprinter Haylene Ryan made sure that all throwing events were covered and the only discipline not tackled by a Belgravian was the pole vault. Gradually, as the match drew to a conclusion and things levelled out the Belles were delighted with a final team place of fourth ... which takes them up to equal fourth in the division. Time to catch breath ... before the long haul home again! Don - we couldn't have done this without you. 100m: 3 T Hamond 12.95/-2.5; 3 H Ryan 13.30/-4.0. 200m: 5 T Hamond 26.73/0.5; 1 R Pile 26.29/0.8. 400m: 1 R Pile 56.83; 6 K Curtis 62.54; n/s K Williams 64.72. 800m: 5 N Quispel 2:21.83; 6 M Noel 2:56.97. 1500m: 6 N Quispel 5:09.88; 6 L Blizzard 5:35.47. 3000m: 3 L Blizzard 10:35.80; 2 S Murphy 10:39.16. 100mH: 3 J Favell 14.53w/3.6; 3 L Aylwin 17.47w/2.7. 400mH: 2 L Aylwin 66.18; 1 A Horrobin 65.41. 2000mSC: 4 T Hamond 8:41.12. 4x100m: 2 Belgrave 50.46 (T Hamond, L Aylwin, J Favell, H Ryan). 4x400m: 3 Belgrave 4:02.22 (K Curtis, A Horrobin, J Favell, R Pile). HJ: 8 M Nestor 1.40; 6 A Horrobin 1.35. LJ: 1 J Favell 4.99/0.5; 2 M Nestor 4.58/-1.3. TJ: 3 M Nestor 10.24/0.4; 2 A Horrobin 9.46/-1.8. PV: no competitor. SP: 7 V Thompson W60 7.94; 6 H Ryan 7.27. DT: 7 V Thompson W60 24.38; 6 H Mead 17.86. JT: 3 J Favell 34.74; 7 H Mead 19.39. HT: 8 V Thompson W60 22.31; 6 H Mead 18.86. Full results (pdf) Match result: 1 Leeds City AC 212; 2 Reading AC 210; 3 Notts AC 206.5; 4 Belgrave H 183; 5 City of Liverpool 169; 6 Brighton & Hove AC 156.5; 7 Aldershot F&DAC 124; 8 Wakefield H &AC 114. League positions after two matches: =1 Notts AC 14 (428.5); =1 Reading AC 14 (425); 3 Leeds City AC 10 (351); =4 City of Liverpool 9 (330); =4 Belgrave H 9 (324); 6 Aldershot F&DAC 8 (325.5); 7 Brighton & Hove AC 6 (297); 8 Wakefield H &AC 2 (216). Rosenheim League East Division, Match 4, Battersea, 4 July 2012. Men. 100m: 1 A Shepherd 11.76/-0.4; n/s 5r1 S Buckeridge 11.43/0.4; 4r2 T Mokhtar U17 12.25/0.5; 1r3 K Adjepong M40 12.45/0.5; 5r3 M Besley 13.72/0.5. 200m: 2 A Shepherd 23.73/-0.4; n/s 3r1 S Buckeridge 23.55/-0.5; 2r2 W Ireson 25.31/-0.2; 6r2 Kwadjo Adjepong M40 25.75/-0.2; 3r3 M Besley 28.11/-0.2; 6r3 R McMillan 30.28/-0.2. 400m: 2 A Prenn U20 51.04; n/s 1r1 M Overo-Tarimo 53.47; 3r1 B Davies 55.51; 5r1 W Ireson 55.74; 8r2 R McMillan 1:07.98. 800m: 1 V Woodham-Smith U20 2:00.57; n/s 2r1 M Overo-Tarimo 2:00.61; 5r1 T Trees U17 2:13.01. 1500m: 9 T Trees U17 4:43.17; n/s 6r1 R Norville 4:29.57; 9 N Dilley 4:49.56. 3000m: 6 M Trees M45 9:23.70; n/s 12 K Hegvold M50 9:54.86. 4x200m: 1 Belgrave H 1:37.65. TJ: 2 T Mokhtar U17 10.62. SP: 3 C Privett M50 10.02. HT: 1 C Privett M50 43.80. Match results: 1 Hercules Wimbledon AC 60; =2 Belgrave H & Herne Hill H 48; 4 Serpentine R 36; 5 Croydon H 35; 6 Striders of Croydon 12. League positions after four matches: 1 Belgrave H 21.5 (216.5); 2 Herne Hill H 17.5 (190); 3 Hercules Wimbledon AC 17 (187); 4 Croydon H 14 (157.5); 5 Serpentine R 10 (147); 6 Striders of Croydon 4 (70). Women. 200m: 1 T Hamond 26.46/-0.8; n/s 5 C Logan U17W 29.61. 800m: 3 M Noel W45 2:56.06. 3000m: n/s R Trees 11:47.91. 4x200m: 1 Belgrave H 2:05.11. HT: 2 H Mead 15.92. Match results: 1 Serpentine R 25; 2 Belgrave H 21; 3 Croydon H 18; 4 Hercules Wimbledon AC 13. League positions after four matches: 1 Belgrave H 18 (62); 2 Serpentine R 16 (64); 3 Croydon 14.5 (57); 4 Hercules Wimbledon AC 14 (44); 5 Herne Hill H 10 (28); 6 Striders of Croydon 7.5 (20). British Athletics League National Division One, Match 2, Gateshead, 30 June 2012. It's hard graft in windy Gateshead The Weather The Thursday before the match saw the Gateshead area struck by storms so severe that seasoned travellers reported conditions worse than the most severe tropical downpours. TV news showed pictures of the Tyne Bridge being struck by lightning and cars submerged under four feet of water. As the team headed towards Newcastle it was not known whether the match would proceed. Game on Last year thirteen brave souls journeyed to Gateshead. This year an expanded team of sixteen took to the stage. With no specialist vaulters or high jumpers and Paul Ogun and David Wellstead doubling the long and triple it was left to Mark Allen and Andy Boudrie to step in and harvest a few precious points in the vertical jumps. The throws squad was also reduced in numbers with Mark Allen, Matt Richards and Aaron Crawford covering the four throws. Matt has been injured since May and was delighted with a second placing in the hammer in his first outing of the season. Head winds gusting The track started with the sprinters suffering from head winds gusting up to 5m/s. With no chance of good times it was a case of chasing points. Greg Cackett raced to a clear win in the A100. Wade Bennett Jackson couldn’t repeat his match 1 win in the B100 and settled for silver. Clearly he was struggling and it turned out he hadn’t trained since the previous weeks Olympic trials and was carrying a hamstring niggle. This showed in the A200 where he finished fourth and nearly scuppered the sprint relay as he struggled on the first leg. Fortunately Greg Cackett put the brakes on and, unlike the UK’s men’s squad at the Euro Champs, the baton passed safely to finish in third thanks to Greg, Cameron Webb and a storming home straight by sprint hurdler Gary Wilson. Late surge The track events contributed the majority of the points thanks to fine 400’s from new member Andrew Boudrie and Ciaran Collins. Steve Davies added strength winning the A 800 and A1500. The latter race saw an epic lead out by TVH’s Darren Hall who gave 100% but still couldn’t resist the late surge of Steve closely followed by Paskar Owor who won the B event. Paskar gained more valuable in the 3000 backed by Will Cockerell who had travelled up on the day to be our first steeplechaser to toe the start line this season. It was pleasing to see JC run a season’s best in the 400H in windy conditions. Hero of the day - Mark Allen So, once again a small team mixed and matched to gain every point. Hero of the day was Mark Allen who managed six events (The League limit is seven so there is room for improvement!). The point spread between teams is closer than ever this year and just a few extra athletes would have made a huge difference. We seem to have said that after the first match. With match three taking place at Copthall on the same day as the Olympic cycling road race there may be trouble ahead! 100m: 1 G Cackett 10.62/-1.3; 2 W Bennett-Jackson 10.94/-2.4; n/s 7rA C Webb 11.66/-1.6; 6rB G Wilson 11.20/-1.0. 400m: 4 A Boudrie 48.60; 5 C Collins 50.41. 800m: 1 S Davies 1:54.13; 5 P Owor 1:58.10. 1500m: 1 S Davies 3:54.80; 1 P Owor 3:57.90. 3000m: 2 P Owor 8:26.70; 8 W Cockerell 9:39.87. 110mH: 3 G Wilson 15.28/-5.0; 4 J-C Roghi 16.88/-2.1. 400mH: 7 J-C Roghi 55.93; no B competitor. 3000mSC: 7 W Cockerell 10:32.70; no B competitor. 4x100m: 3 Belgrave H 42.33 (W Bennett-Jackson, G Cackett, C Webb, G Wilson). 4x400: 4 Belgrave 3:20.82 (A Boudrie 49.1, C Collins 49.8, C Webb 51.9, M Anukam 49.6). HJ: 8 A Boudrie 1.70; 1 M Allen 1.50. LJ: 2 P Ogun 7.04/w/2.8; 5 D Wellstead 6.27w/4.5. TJ: 3 P Ogun 14.12/-0.8; 4 D Wellstead 13.61/1.3. PV: 8 A Boudrie 3.20; 8 M Allen 2.00. SP: 7 M Allen 13.42; 7 M Richards 7.68. DT: 7 M Allen 45.38; 8 M Richards 16.84. JT: 2 A Crawford 58.66; 4 M Allen 42.43. HT: 2 M Richards 58.59; 2 M Allen 48.36. Full Results (Excel) Match result: 1 Thames Valley H 308.5; 2 Herne Hill H 293; 3 Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC 285; 4 Gateshead H&AC 270; 5 Belgrave H 267; 6 Cardiff AAC 260; 7 Enfield & Haringey 257; 8 Harrow AC 245.5. League positions after two matches: 1 Herne Hill H 14 (589); 2 Thames Valley H 11.5 (573.5); 3 Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC 11 (552); 4 Enfield & Haringey 10 (564); 5 Cardiff AAC 9 (531); 6 Belgrave H 7.5 (532); 7 Gateshead H&AC 6 (507); 8 Harrow AC 3 (493.5).
Top left: Andrew Boudrie races the flat 400 metres. Top centre: The 1500 metres gets under way with a strong pairing of Paskar Owor (11) and Steve Davies (1). Top right: 250m to go in the 1500m - Steve Davies is about to pounce and Paskar shows no sign of a hamstring niggle picked up in the 800m. Bottom left: Wade Bennett-Jackson gets caught out by Greg Cackett's take-off speed in the sprint relay but Greg braked hard and they got away with it. Bottom centre: Ciaran Collins on long relay duty. Bottom right: Gary Wilson faced a 5 metre per second headwind in the sprint hurdles. Photos by Bill Laws. A near miss for Goldie in Euro javelin final 27 June A throw of 60 metres was required for automatic qualification for the women's javelin final. Group A saw only the Ukrainian Vira Rebryk achieve this so when Goldie Sayers' spear touched down at 58.02 metres with her first throw in Group B it was already pretty certain that this would comfortably see her advance to the final. Any slight doubt was cast aside with Goldie's second throw though - 60.90 metres - which topped Group B and placed her second of the 23 competitors. No high jumper needed to attempt 2.28 metres - the top 12 having been identified some way short of that standard. In Group A Samson Oni started out at 2.15m, which he took at his second attempt, before moving through 2.19m without trouble and then taking two attempts again to clear 2.23m. At 2.26m he had three failures but only Mudrov (Russia) and Stanys (Lithuania) were successful with all other qualifiers going through on 2.23m. 29 June The German duo Christina Obergföll and Linda Stahl opened strongly in the first round of the women's javelin final with throws of 65.12m and 63.69 while Goldie Sayers' effort was a 'no throw'. Leading qualifier Vira Rebryk got in on the act in round two by launching her effort to 63.44m and Goldie hit a 63.01m which put her in fourth place ... and that's the way it stayed until Rebryk took the lead in round five with 66.86. There really wasn't much in it and with luck Goldie will be as close to the action again at the Olympic Games. Jumping last in the high jump final, Samson Oni elected to open his campaign at 2.20 metres. Sadly it was not his day and three failures saw him exit the competition with 'no mark'. 30 June William Sharman progressed to the semi-final stage of the sprint hurdles, running 13.63/-2.0 to place second in his heat. A comfortable semi-final win in 38.98 saw the GBR sprint relay boys (with Dwain Chambers running second leg) into the final. 1 July In the first of three semi-finals of the 110 metre hurdles William Sharman equalled his season's best of 13.55/0.0 but as he was placed fourth he had to wait to see if he'd get to the final as a 'fastest loser'. Semi number two came and went and he was still good for the final, but the fourth placer from race three was 7/100ths faster than our man and Will's European Championships were over ... and probably his chance of squeezing into the Olympic team. The GBR relay hoodoo struck again. Surely in the running for medals and possibly those of the gold variety, disaster occurred on the first exchange between Christian Malcolm and Dwain Chambers. Malcolm had started so well and as Chambers took off all seemed set for perfect takeover ... for an instant. But somehow that baton never quite reached Dwain's hand. All over! Aviva UKA Championships & Olympic Trials, Birmingham, 22-24 June 2012. Another UKA title for Goldie Sayers The final day of the UKA Championships & Olympic Trials saw two more titles fall to Belgravians and hopefully further places booked for the Olympic Team. An amazing tenth consecutive senior national javelin title went to Goldie Sayers - who was just out of the medals in fourth place at the Beijing Olympics where she threw her best ever distance (and British Record) of 65.75 metres. With a 64.73 in the Samsung Diamond League in Rome earlier this season she's not so far behind the sort of distance that could see a medal come her way in London. It would be Goldie's third Olympic Games. Will Sharman was unlucky to place 4th in a very tight sprint hurdles final and Samson Oni - who has the Olympic Standard height of 2.31 tucked away from January this year - placed second in the high jump and will surely be a part of the Olympic team. Full results | Belgrave results Pressured Chambers storms to a dramatic win
After well publicised years in the wilderness and at last gaining at least the legal possibility of competing in the 2012 Olympic Games the now 34 year-old Dwain Chambers had to face perhaps his toughest ever domestic 100 metre field, loaded with up and coming youngsters, some nearly half his age. The pressure was immense ... as can be seen by Dwain's reaction after he crossed the line ... but the win was his in 10.25 secs. It still remains for the Belgrave man to find the qualifying time of 10.18 and hopefully he can achieve this at the European Championships which start in Helsinki this week. of the 100 metre finalAlso in the 100 metres the ever consistent Greg Cackett was just 100th of a second from his best ever time in winning his heat in 10.44 but was unable to get through the semi-final stage. Getenesh Tamirat ran to 4th in the women's 10,000 metres with a time of 33:09.47 and she was the second UK runner (although there were only four UK participants). Jodie Favell set a personal record in her heat of the 400 metre hurdles. Steve Davies made the final of the 1500 metres but was unable to improve on the 3:46.72 from his heat. Men. 100m: b 1 D Chambers 10.25/0.1 (2s2 10.29/0.8, 1h2 a 10.34/0.3); 5s3 G Cackett 10.51/-0.4 (1h6 a 10.44/1.9); 4h1 W Bennett-Jackson 10.68/0.4. 200m: c 7h1 W Bennett-Jackson 21.82w/3.6. 400m: b 8h2 A Boudrie 48.83. 1500m: b 9 S Davies 3:50.54 (3h3 a 3:46.72); 8h4 K Gauson 3:51.71. 110mH: c 4 W Sharman 13.55/-0.1 (1h1 13.73/1.0); 5h4 G Wilson 14.63/1.2. HJ: c 2 S Oni 2.24. Women. 400m: a 6h1 R Pile 57.16. 400mH: 7h2 J Favell 63.09 pb. JT: 1 G Sayers 58.45. Dublin Open Meeting, 20 June 2012. Men. 1500m: 2r5 M Mulhare 3:46.20; 8r5 D Mulhare 3:49.66. 3000m: 8 A Connick 9:04.18. Lee Valley Sprints Meeting, 20 June 2012. Men. 100m: 4r6 P Walker 11.43/0.5. 200m: 1r5 P Walker 22.87/1.3. Rosenheim League East Division, Match 3, Tooting, 13 June 2012. Men. 100m: 4 W Ireson 12.6. 200m: 2 A Boudrie 22.8; n/s 4r2 M Overo-Tarimo (Belg,) 24.4; 6 W Ireson (Belg) 25.6; 3r3 R McMillan 30.0. 400m: 1 A Prenn U20 51.4; n/s 1r1 M Overo-Tarimo (Belg,) 54.8; 4r1 W Ireson 56.8; 5r2 R McMillan 66.0. 800m: 1 P Owor 2:01.5; n/s 1r1 V Woodham-Smith U20 2:05.1; 1r2 R Norville 2:07.8; 2r2 R Stannard 2:12.1. 1500m: 1 P Owor 4:13.5; n/s 1r1 R Stannard 4:26.8. 3000m: 1 P Owor 8:46.3; n/s 5 R Stannard 9:21.0. HJ: 4 W Ireson 1.50. LJ: 3 V Woodham-Smith U20 4.79. SP: 2 P Mayfield 10.75; n/s C Privett M50 10.13. JT: 4 P Mayfield 40.88; n/s C Privett M50 35.42. 4x200m: 2 Belgrave 1:35.0. Match result: 1 Herne Hill H 61; 2 Belgrave H 52; 3 Hercules Wimbledon 45; 4 Serpentine 37; 5 Croydon H 31; 6 Striders of Croydon 16. Positions after three matches: 1 Belgrave H 17 (168.5); 2 Herne Hill H 13 (142); 3 Croydon H 12 (122.5); 4 Hercules Wimbledon 11 (127); 5 Serpentine 7 (111); 6 Striders of Croydon 3 (58). Women. 100m: n/s 1 T Hamond 12.8. 200m: n/s 1 R Pile 25.9. 400m: 2 A Horrobin 61.2. LJ: 2 H Mead 2.74. SP: 2 H Mead 7.28. 4x200m: 1 Belgrave 1:49.7. Match result: 1 Belgrave H 21; 2 Herne Hill H 16; 3 Serpentine 15; 4 Striders of Croydon 14; 5 Croydon H 9; 6 Hercules Wimbledon 8. Positions after three matches: 1 Belgrave H 13 (41); 2 Hercules Wimbledon 11 (31); 3 Croydon H 10.5 (39); 4 Serpentine 10 (39); 5 Herne Hill H 10 (28); 6 Striders of Croydon 7.5 (20). N&EB Open, Newham, 13 June 2012. Men. 100m: 1r2 W Bennett-Jackson 10.80/-2.0; 4r5 P Walker 11.93/-2.5. 200m: 2r2 W Bennett-Jackson 21.95/-1.1; 2r3 P Walker 23.37/-2.0. Loughborough Students v Combined Services v Achilles AC, Loughborough, 13 June 2012. Men. 110mH 1r1 W Sharman 13.83/-1.4; 1r2 W Sharman 13.84/-1.0. Watford Open, 13 June 2012. Men. 200m: 3r3 T Evans 23.28/0.0; 4r4 C Webb 22.87/-0.5. BMC Gold Standard Races, Watford, 13 June 2012. Men. 1500m: 13rB A Connick 3:59.48. Bedford International Games, 10 June 2012. 100m: 3r6 G Cackett 10.51/-0.7. 110mH: 1r1.1 G Wilson 14.55/-0.3; 4r2.2 G Wilson 15.01/0.1. Sopot, Poland, 9 June 2012. Women. 400m: 5 R Pile 55.64. Southern Athletics League, Division 2 Central, Match 3, Oxford, 9 June 2012. Another banter filled afternoon saw Belgrave pretty much winning or placing second in every single event in which they took part ... but a very small women's team and a general lack of middle-distance runners held the team back to third place. Conditions were very windy so Ciaran Collins' 400 run was special and hurdlers Jean-Claude Roghi and Louise Aylwin really looked the business as they won their one lap races by the length of the straight. Sprinter Haylene Ryan tried an event - high jump - that she hasn't tackled since school days and impressed all with her western roll technique. Many thanks to Don Anderson for transporting the team to Oxford. Men. 100m: 2 P Walker 11.67; 1 A Shepherd 11.83. 200m: 2 P Walker 23.68; 1 A Shepherd 24.33. 400m: 1 C Collins 50.65; 2 B Davies 55.69. 800m: 2 R Norville 2:13.89; 3 R McMillan 2:34.70. 1500m: 2 R Norville 4:57.06; 2 R McMillan 5:40.30. 400mH: 1 JC Roghi 57.68. HJ: 3 P Walker 1.40. LJ: 1 D Wellstead 6.15; 1 P Walker 5.12. TJ: 1 D Wellstead 13.77; 2 P Walker 7.64. SP: 1 P Mayfield 11.06; 1 C Privett M50 10.43. DT: 1 P Mayfield 35.44; 1 C Privett M50 32.11. JT: 2 D Wellstead 43.29; 1 P Mayfield 41.24. HT: 2 C Privett M50 40.48; 1 P Mayfield 33.15. 110mH: 1 JC Roghi 17.23. 4x100m: 1 Belgrave 45.9 (A Shepherd, JC Roghi, C Collins, P Walker). 4x400m: 1 Belgrave 3:43.0 (C Collins 55.0, P Walker 56.4, B Davies 55.7, JC Roghi 55.9). Women. 100m: 1 H Ryan 13.25. 200m: 2 H Ryan 28.1*. 400mH: 1 L Aylwin 66.46. HJ: 2 H Ryan 1.40; 1 H Mead 0.90. SP: 2 H Ryan 8.33; 1 H Mead 6.81. DT: 2 H Ryan 20.47; 1 H Mead 19.24. JT: 2 H Ryan 20.04;1 H Mead 18.52. HT: 3nt H Mead. * manual time. Match result: 1 Oxford City AC 208; 2 Vale of Aylesbury AC 159.5; 3 Belgrave H 141.5; 4 Orion H 63. SEAA Heptathlon, Abingdon, 9 June 2012. A massive personal best came from Jodie Favell when she took the silver medal in the Southern Championships. Jodie topped her previous pb by almost three hundred points and along the way ran her fastest electronic 100m hurdles time (albeit slightly wind aided), and her fastest ever 800m and 200 metre times. Her final score was 4847 points with 100mH 14.46w/3.3, HJ 1.56, 200 26.04w/2.6, LJ 5.35/1.0, SP: 9.56, JT 33.24, 800m: 2:25.20. BMC Nike Grand Prix, Watford, 9 June 2012. Men. 800m: 8rH A Connick 1:59.22. 1500m: 10rA 3:42.87. 5000m: 15rC M Pollard 14:54.83. Gouden Spike, Leiden, Netherlands, 9 June 2012. Men. PV: 9 D Gardner 5.00. Samsung Diamond League, New York, NY, USA, 9 June 2012. Men. HJ: 6 S Oni 2.25. Women. JT: 4 G Sayers 59.23. Primo Nebiolo Memorial, Turin, Italy, 8 June 2012. Men. 100m: 1 D Chambers 10.29/0.5. American Milers Club Meeting, Indianapolis IN, USA, 6 June 2012. Men. 1500m: 1 K Gauson 3:39.87. GAB Bellinzona, Switzerland, 5 June 2012. Men. 110mH: 3 W Sharman 13.63/-0.4. Meeting D'Athletisme de Montreuil, Montreuil, France, 5 June 2012. Men. 100m: 2 D Chambers 10.48/-1.6. Herne Hill Open Meeting, Tooting 4 June 2012. Men. 100m: 2rF P Walker 11.58/-0.2. 200m: 4rH R McMillan 30.37/-0.2. 400m: 3rD R McMillan 65.49. 5000m: 5 K Hegvold M50 17:24.60. U15. 100m: 3rK 3 D Oshinyemi 13.60/-1.2. 200m: 3rG D Osinyemi 26.82/-1.5; 4rG J Doukrou 27.4/-1.5. 400m: 7rC D Oshinyemi 60.88. 800: 8rC J-C Doukrou 2:34.88. U13 100m: 2rL D Shulakov 14.03/-1.6; 6rL M Meggie 17.11/-1.6. 200m: 1rI D Shilakov 28.91/-0; 6rI T Skinner 34.87/-0.5. HJ: 1 D Shulakov 1.20. U11. 4rL A Bafi 15.47/-1.6. Women. U17. 800m: 9rD F Skinner 3:05.35. U15. 100m: 2rM J Doukrou 14.11/-1.6. 200m: 2rH C Doukrou 29.04/-0.2. 400m: 3rE C Doukrou 69.04. 800m: 9rE M Skinner 2:54.54. 75mH: 2 J Doukrou 14.68/nwi. U13. 5rM C Oshingenui 15.87/-1.6; 6rM M Meggie 16.64/-1.6.200m: 5rJ C Oshinyemi 32.69/-1.7. U11. 200m: 6rJ M Meggie 33.29/-1.7. 1 mile: 14 M Yasmin 6:14.08. Northern Ireland Champs., Antrim, 4 June 2012. 800m: 6h1 P Bogues 2:05.34. Bydgoszcz Cup, Bydgoszcz, Poland, 3 June 2012. Men. 110mH 6 W Sharman 13.85/-2.2. England Closed Championships (Inc Northern & Midlands Champs), Birmingham, 2-4 June 2012. Men. 100m: a 4 G Cackett 10.65/-1.0 (3s2 10.64/-1.4, 1h7 10.72/-0.2). 200m: b 5h3 S Osho 22.97/-0.4. 400m: a 5s3 A Boudrie 49.57 (2h5 48.47). 110mH: b 3B G Wilson 15.3/-1.1 (5h2 15.51/-1.3). LJ: a 8 P Ogun 6.83/1.1 Women. 400m: a 2B R Pile 56.36 (3h3 56.34). 400mH: b 5B J Favell 63.82 (a 4h2 63.86); 7h1 K Curtis 67.62. Scottish Championships, Glasgow, 2-3 June 2012. Men. 100m: 3 C Fleming 11.27/-4.2 (1h1 11.15 /-1.2). 500m: b 6 M Pollard 14:53.40. Samsung Diamond League, Oregon, OR, USA, 1 June 2012. Men. TJ: 3 P Idowu 17.05/1.2. Samsung Diamond League, Rome, Italy, 31 May 2012. Women. JT: 3 G Sayers 64.73. Trofeo Villa de Fuenlabrada, Fuenlabrada, Spain, 31 May 2012. Men. 1500m: 8rB J Kelly 3:58.34. Rosenheim League East Division, Match 2, Croydon, 30 May 2012. Men. 100m: 2 M Anukam 11.3. 200m: 1 M Anukam 22.5; n/s 6r1 W Ireson 25.8. 400m: 2 W Bennett-Jackson 52.1; n/s 3 W Ireson 56.7. 800m: 3 R Stannard 2:14.1; n/s 1 V Woodham-SmithU20 2:05.6. 1500m: 4 R Stannard (scoring 3) 4:28.5. 3000m: 2 R Stannard 9:21.2. 400mH: 5 P Mayfield (4) 74.0. HJ: 1 W Ireson 1.60; n/s P Mayfield 1.40. TJ: 2 V Woodham-Smith U20 10.12. DT: all 2kg 2 A Ekoku 35.99; n/s P Mayfield 33.70; C Privett M50 27.20. HT: 7.26kg 2 C Privett M50 26.08. 4x200m: 2 Belgrave 1:37.0 (P Mayfield, W Ireson, V Woodham-Smith, M Anukam). Match result: 1 Belgrave H 58; 2 Croydon H 44; 3 Herne Hill H 42; 4 Hercules Wimbledon 38; 5 Serpentine 37; 6 Striders of Croydon 24. Positions after two matches: 1 Belgrave H 12 (116.5); 2 Croydon H 10 (91.5); 3 Hercules Wimbledon 7 (82); 4 Herne Hill H 7 (81); 5 Serpentine 4 (74); 6 Striders if Croydon 2 (42). Women. HJ: 3 H Mead 1.00. DT: 2 H Mead 17.35. Match result: 1 Croydon H 21; 2 Serpentine 16; 3 Hercules Wimbledon 12; 4 Belgrave H 9; 5 Striders of Croydon 8. Positions after two matches: 1 Hercules Wimbledon 10 (25); 2 Croydon H 8.5 (30); 3 Belgrave H 7 (20); 4 Serpentine 6 (24); 5 Herne Hill H 5 (12); 6 Striders of Croydon 4.5 (17). Pfingstsportfest, Rehlingen, Germany, 28 May 2012. Men. HJ: 1 S Oni 2.28. British Athletics League National Division One, Match 1, Lee Valley, 27 May 2012.
Above: The sprint dudes clocked 41.71 - Wade Bennett-Jackson, Greg Cackett, Seun Marcus and Thom Evans. Below Right: Ciaran Collins set a 400m pb of 49.74. Below left Paskar Owor and Álberto Lozano de Pedro were a formidable pairing in the middle distance races. Pictures by Bill Laws. Room for improvement Man on a mission Having missed most of last season Mark Allen is a man on a mission. His aim by the end of the summer is to climb to seventh spot on the Belgrave all time BAL points list.* The ex-decathlete arrived at Lee Valley ready for a challenge. And he got it. He opened with the hammer at 11.30am, filled a high jump gap at 12.30 and simultaneously competed in the javelin and shot at 3.05pm. He also wanted to compete in the discus at 1.00pm but veterans Abi Ekoku and Leith Marar (both long time big point earners for Belgrave) thwarted him. But the throws proved problematic. First John Osazuwa had two no throws in the hammer and his final safe effort was some 20m short of his pb so Mark made the cut and John didn’t. And then Abi Ekoku had two no throws in the discus and his safe final effort was more than 20m shy of his pb. Aaron Crawford gained good points in a high standard javelin competition but overall the throws squad didn’t quite fulfil its promise. While we were at least filling the field events once again there were big gaps on the track. With only J C Roghi in the 400H’s and Paskar Owor in the 800’s we gleaned just 12 points from the 56 on offer. But worse was to come as we had nobody in the chase. So effectively we had scored just 12 points from 84. But there was better news on the way thanks to our speed men.
The first glimpse of hope came in the n/s 100m where Seun Marcus, Pierre Walker and new man Thom Evans all ran pb’s. Add to them last year’s UK Challenge winner Greg Cackett and Wade Bennett Jackson (who missed the last two seasons through injury) and suddenly we had hope; and we were not disappointed. First Greg ripped to victory in the 100A in a fine pb of 10.43sec then to be followed by Wade with another win in the 100B producing an equally stunning time of 10.49sec. That will make a few people sit up as many had written Wade off. The sprint relay later in the match was eagerly awaited and provided another win for out sprinters. So, we'd taken a total of 72 points from the 72 on offer. With so many good sprinters on show these really were exceptional results. And our other speed men were also enjoying themselves. The 110H proved an exceptional race with WSEH’s Lawrence Clarke speeding to a legal 13.47sec victory which shattered the Divisional record held by our own William Sharman (13.8 in 2009). Ex triple jumper Gary Wilson produced a 14.87sec pb for a Belgrave third spot and with JC in 5th place in the 110HB race we had gleaned more good points. Yet another pb was to follow. New member Ciaran Collins reduced his to 49.74sec gaining a valuable sixth place in the 400A. Meanwhile the jumpers were toiling away in temperatures pushing 27deg C. Daniel Gardner won the A PV in an outdoor pb of 4.90m ably backed by Cameron Johnson who placed 4th in the B pool. Paul Ogun was jumping big but unfortunately was also destroying the plasticine on the long jump board. Two no jumps meant a safe third attempt which was not good enough to make the cut. As recompense Paul triple jumped. David Wellstead backed up both events but was disappointed with below par jumps. Back on the track Wade Bennett-Jackson led the 200A up to 190m but faded badly to get useful third place points. Still, he is racing himself to fitness and there will be big improvements to come. He even volunteered for a leg in the 400 relay. First appearance
Last year the final meeting event – the 4 x 400 relay – proved a step too far. This year we had numbers to compete. Junior Vladimir Woodham-Smith got pushed around a bit at the second take over and suffered accordingly but a fine final leg by Melvyn Anukam gained 6th spot and 6 valuable points. So after a day of downs and ups the team had clawed itself up to equal fifth spot, just 6 points off third place. It was that close. The next match is at Gateshead on the 30th June. The big question is can we get a full squad out for that one? Last year we only managed a team of 13 athletes for the Gateshead match so plenty of arm twisting to take place. 100m: 1 G Cackett 10.43/0.3; 1 W Bennett-Jackson 10.49/w/2.3; n/s 5rB T Evans 11.32/?; 7rB P Walker ntt; 4 S Marcus 11.08; 6 P Walker 11.26. 200m: 3 W Bennett-Jackson 21.43/0.6; 7 M Anukam 22.36/0.4. 400m: 6 C Collins 49.74; 8 JC Roghi 53.73. 800m: 5 P Owor 1:54.75; no B competitor. 1500m: 2 P Owor 3:53.05; 1 Á Lozano de Pedro 3:58.23. 5000m: 1 1 Á Lozano de Pedro 14:48.02; 1 P Owor 15:06.26. 110mH: 3 G Wilson 14.87/0.9; 5 JC Roghi 17.20/-0.1. 400mH: 8 JC Roghi 56.70; no B competitor. 3000mSC: no competitor. 4x100. 1 Belgrave 41.71 (W Bennett-Jackson, G Cackett, S Marcus, T Evans). 4x400: 3.26.85 (C Collins 51.4, R Aspden, 51.4, V Woodham Smith 54.1, M Anukam 50.0). HJ: 8 M Allen 1.65; 8 P Walker 1.40. LJ: 7 P Ogun 6.29; 5 D Wellstead 5.97. TJ: 4 P Ogun 14.53; 5 D Wellstead 13.38. PV: 1 D Gardner 4.90; 4 C Johnston 3.60. SP: 4 M Allen 13.46; 5 L Marar 11.69. DT: 4 L Marar M40 46.32; 3 A Ekoku M45 39.18. JT: 4 A Crawford 63.11; 4 M Allen 46.05. HT: 5 M Allen 53.00; 4 J Osazuwa 42.07. League and match positions: 1 Enfield Haringey 8 (307); 2 Herne Hill H 7 (296); 3 Cardiff AAC 6 (271); 4 Windsor, Slough, Eton & Hounslow AC 5 (267); 5= Belgrave H & Thames Valley H 3.5 (265); 7 Harrow AC 2 (248); 8 Gateshead H&AC 1 (237). All time BAL points scores (to 2011) UK Women's Athletics League Division Three Match 1, Aldershot, 27 May 2012.
Above: Still smiling at the end of a long hot day at Aldershot. Michelle Nestor leaped 5.00m to place 4th in the Long Jump. Pictures by Alan Mead The Belles fight hard to place fifth at Aldershot Missing our team manager Bob, the team did him proud by eventually placing fifth in the match. Early high scores in the 400 metre hurdles, thanks to Jodie Favell and Ashleigh Horrobin, set us on the right track and even though our lack of longer distance runners held us back we seemed to be fairly solidly in fifth throughout the afternoon. Rebecca Pile made a big impact with a 400 metres division record and then 3rd in the 200m. At the end of the afternoon we finished strongly with third place in both relays and a win in the javelin so went home pretty satisfied ... only to find that somehow we'd finally been placed second to last. However, a week later when all the officials points were added into the scores and various other adjustments were made, we were back in 5th (only 20 points off fourth) and in a much better position to fight to stay in the division. 100m: 5 H Ryan 13.10; 3 S Bovill 13.25/-1.7. 200m: 3 R Pile 25.95; 6 H Ryan 27.20/-3.2. 400m: 1 R Pile 56.90 (league record); 4 K Curtis 63.46. 800m: no competitor. 1500m: 7 M Noel W45 6:02.73. 3000m: 7 M Noel W45 12:36.22; no B competitor. 100mH: 4 J Favell 15.38; 2 J Case 19.58. 400mH: 1 J Favell 63.54; 2 A Horrobin 65.63; n/s K Curtis 67.19. 2000mS: no competitor. HJ: 8 M Nestor 1.40; no B competitor. LJ: 4 M Nestor 5.00; 7 H Bottin 3.97. TJ: 4 M Nestor 10.41; 3 S Bovill 9.21. PV: no competitor. SP: 8 V Thompson 8.12; 6 H Mead 6.97. DT: 8 V Thompson 22.30; 7 H Mead 19.00. JT: 1 J Favell 34.09; 3 H Bottin 22.84. HT: 8 V Thompson W55 24.78; 7 H Mead 22.40. 4x100m: 3 Belgrave 51.69 (K Curtis, R Pile, J Favell, H Ryan). 4x400m: 3 Belgrave 4:11.78 (K Curtis, 64.8, J Case 67.9, J Favell 61.4, R Pile 57.7). Match result: 1 Notts AC 222; 2 Reading 215; 3 Aldershot F&D AC 201.5; 4 Liverpool161; 5 7 Belgrave 141; 6 Brighton & Hove AC 140.5; 7 Leeds City AC 139; 8 Wakefield 102. Loughborough International, 20 May 2012. Men. 110mH: 4 W Sharman (Lough) 14.04/-0.3. Great City Games, Manchester, 20 May 2012. Men. 150m: 2 D Chambers 15.27. BMC Grand Prix, Sportcity Manchester, 19 May 2012. Men. 1500m: 8rA S Davies 3:43.95; 11rcC D Mulhare 3:52.88; 1rD M Mulhare 3:47.47. 5000m: 3rC M Pollard 14:43.09. Southern Athletics League, Division 2 Central, Match 2, Battersea Park, 19 May 2012. Men. 100m: 1 G Cackett 10.6; 2 P Walker 11.4; n/s 2 A Shepherd 11.7. 200m: 3 P Walker 23.7; 2 A Shepherd 23.7; n/s 2 W Ireson 25.2. 400m: 2 C Collins 50.7; 3 B Davies 55.8; n/s 1 W Ireson 56.1. 800m: 4 M Overo-Tarimo 2:05.7; 4 R Norville 2:07.5. 1500m: 4 S Boaden 4:43.2; 4 N Dilley 4:50.0. 3000m: 3 C Langley 9:12.1. 110mH: 1 G Wilson 15.1. 400mH: 3 S Lewis 72.6. 4x100m: 3 Belgrave 46.2. 4x400m: 2 Belgrave 3:35.6. HJ: 3 W Ireson 1.50; 2 P Walker 1.40. LJ: 3 S Lewis 5.60; 2 P Walker 5.33. TJ: 4 S Lewis 10.23; PV: 1= P Mayfield 2.80; 2 C Privett M50 2.20. SP: 1 P Mayfield 11.15; 1 C Privett M50 10.65. DT: 2 P Mayfield 33.53; 1 C Privett M50 31.79. JT: 3 P Mayfield 40.57; 3 C Privett M50 35.08. HT: 1 C Privett M50 43.04; 1 P Mayfield 33.58. Women. 100m: 1 H Ryan 13.2; 3 S Dike U17 14.0. 200m: 1 H Ryan 27.4; 1 A Horrobin 27.2. 400m: 1 R O'Brien 65.2. 800m: 2 N Quispel 2:21.2. 1500m: 4 B Dagne 5:14.5. 3000m: 4 S Fox 13:13.2. 100mH: 1 J Favell 15.4. 400mH: 1 L Aylwin 65.5; 1 A Horrobin 65.7. 4x100m: 1 Belgrave 52.5. 4x400m: 1 Belgrave 4:14.8. HJ: 1 J Favell 1.55; 1 A Horrobin 1.40. LJ: 1 J Favell 5.46. TJ: 1 A Horrobin 10.02; 1 R O'Brien 9.47. SP: 1 J Favell 9.20; 2 H Mead 6.96. DT: 2 H Mead 20.20.53; 1 H Ryan 19.61. JT: 1 J Favell 32.98; 1 H Ryan 24.43. HT: 2 H Mead 23.51. Man of the match - Greg Cackett (Belgrave). Match result: 1 Hillingdon 191.5; 2 Belgrave H 174.5; 3 Highgate H 161.5; 4 Serpentine R 132.5. League positions after two matches: 1 Radley 8 (494.5); 2 Woking 8 (435.5); 3 Barnet & Dist 7 (332); 4 Dacorum & Tring 6 (418.5); 5 Wycombe Phoenix 6 (384.5); 6 Thames Valley H 6 (357); ... 8 Belgrave H 5 (310.5) ... from 16 clubs. Watford Open Meeting, 16 May 2012. Men. 400m: 3r6 S Osho 49.64. Dublin Graded Meeting, 16 May 2012. Men. 1500m: 5 A Connick 3:59.26. Rosenheim League East Division, Match 1, Battersea, 16 May 2012. Men. 100m: 2 M Anukam 11.4; n/s 3r2 P Walker 11.7; 5 D Wellstead 13.0; 1r3 S Buckeridge 11.4; 1r4 C Webb 11.6; 3 OJ Matthew 12.8; 5 E Adesina 13.8; 6 M benley 14.2; 7 A Broadfoot 14.7. 200m: 1 C Webb 22.9; n/s 2r1 P Walker 23.5; 3r1 S Buckeridge 23.5; 4r1 M Overo-Tarimo 24.7; 2r2 W Ireson 25.7; 6r3 A Broadfoot 30.1. 400m: 2 M Anukam 52.9; n/s 2r1 M Overo-Tarimo 54.8; 3r1 B Davies 55.7; 4r1 R Norville 56.5; 1r2 V Woodham-Smith 52.7; 3r2 W Ireson 57.0. 800m: 1 P Owor 1:59.8. 1500m: 6 I Woodham-Smith 5:51.4. 3000m: 1 P Owor 8:47.2. 2000mSC (nwj): 5 I Woodham-Smith 8:32.0. 4x200m: 1 Belgrave 1:34.5 (C Webb, W Ireson, P Walker, M Anukam). LJ: 2 D Wellstead 5.85; n/s 3 K Opasina U20 6.15; 8 E Adesina 4.32. PV: 1= P Mayfield 2.80. DT: 1 P Mayfield 34.31; n/s 3 OJ Matthew 33.57; 4 C Privett M50 32.50. HT: 1 C Privett 41.25. Match result: 1 Belgrave 59.5; 2 Croydon H 47.5; 3 Hercules Wimbledon AC 44; 4 Herne Hill H 39; 5 Serpentine R 37; 6 Striders of Croydon 18. Women. 100m: 3 K Ghoos 15.1. 200m: 4 K Ghoos 31.3. 800m: 2 N Quispel 2:21.4. DT: 1 H Mead 19.81. Match result: 1 Hercules Wimbledon AC 13; 2 Herne Hill H 12; 3 Belgrave H 11; 4= Croydon H & Striders of Croydon 9; 6 Serpentine R 8. Hampshire County Championships, Portsmouth, 13 May 2012. Men. SP: 5 G Sprigings 11.49. Sussex County Championships, Crawley, 12 May 2012. Men. 200m: 2 W Bennett-Jackson 21.5w. Surrey County Championships, Kingsmeadow, 12-13 May 2012. Men. 200m: a 4h2 T Evans 23.14/0.8; 3h3 M Anukam 23.33/-1.6. 400m: b Anukam 50.22 (2h1 51.6). 5000m: a 6 W Cockerell 15:53.50; 9 M Trees M45 16:59.04. 110mH: a 1 G Wilson 14.95/nwi. LJ: a 5 D Wellstead 6.54w/2.3 (6.46/-0.5). TJ: b 2 D Wellstead 14.10/0.1. DT: a 2 L Marar M40 48:21. U17M. 1500m: b 10 T Trees 4:34.0. Women. 100m: a 7 H Ryan 13.24/-1.7. 100mH: a 1 J Favell 15.29/-1.5. 400mH: b 1 J Favell 64.23. JT: a 2 J Favell 32.16. SP: b 4 J Favell 9.09. Middlesex County Championships, Mile End, 12 May 2012. Men. 100m: 6h1 P Walker 11.45/1.3. 400mH: 4 JC Roghi 61.64. 200m: 5s2 P Walker (4h2 23.08w/2.4); dns s2 L Oboh (2h3 22.77/0.0). Women. 800m: 2 N Quispel 2:21.29. Humberside County Championships, Hull, 12 May 2012. Men. 100m: 1 L Giblin 11.1. Ponce Grand Prix, Puerto Rico, 12 May 2012. Men. 100m: 6r2 D Chambers 10.52/-1.9. Lee Valley Sprints Meeting, 9 May 2012. Men. 100m: 4r4 P Walker 11.18w/4.2. 7r7 L Edwards 10.95w/2.7; 8r7 K Collymore 11.49w/2.7. 200m: 5r3 P Walker 23.24w/3.5; 6r4 C Webb 22.56w/2.9. Oregon Twilight Meeting, Eugene, Oregon, 5 May 2012. Men. 800m: 10 K Gauson 1:52.15. 1500m: 3 K Gauson 3:45.98. BUCS Championships, Olympic Stadium, Stratford, 4-7 May 2012. Men. 100m: a 3h3 M Threadgold 11.16/-0.5. 4h5 b C Roberts 50.61; 7h8 J Hutchings 55.01. 1500m: b 5h3 P Owor 4:06.26. 5000m: c 1 P Owor 14:18.92 (1h1 a 14:43.26). 110mH: 3 W Sharman 13.90/-0.8. Watford Open Meeting, 2 May 2012. Men. 100m: 4r4 P Walker 11.53/-0.7; 2r5 T Evans 11.34/-0.5. 200m: 4r5 C Webb 23.25/-1.6; 5r5 T Evans 23.27/-1.6; 6r5 P Walker 23.44/-1.6. 3000m: 1r1 C Langley 9:21.29; 2r1 M Trees M45 9:25.29; 6 T Trees U17 9:48.19. Payton Jordan Cardinal Invitational, Stanford, California USA, 29 April 2012. Men. 1500m: 5r2 K Gauson 3:40.16. London Inter-Club Challenge, Parliament Hill, 28 April 2012. Men. 100m: 1r7 P Walker 11:53w/2.5. 200m: 2r5 P Walker 23.50w/3.7. 110mH: 1 G Wilson 15.36w/5.3. Central Florida Gliders Spring Track Classic, Orlando, Florida USA, 28 April 2012. Men. 100m: 5r3 M Anukam 11.20/1.1. 200m: 4r2 22.52/-0.5. Crawley Open, 22 April 2012. Men. 100m: 1 G Cackett 10.83/-2.5. 200m: 3r10 T Evans 24.02. 110mH: 3 G Wilson 15.20/-1.3. Kingston upon Hull v SE Poland v S Humberside, Hull, 22 April 2012. Men. 100m: 1 L Giblin 11.10. 200m: 1 L Giblin 21.74. Southern Athletics League, Division 2 Central, Match 1, Parliament Hill, 21 April 2012. Men. 100m: 2 P Walker 11.8; 4 E Adesina 15.0. 200m: 2 P Walker 23.7; 4 W Ireson 25.5. 400m: 2 C Collins 52.2; 3 W Ireson 56.6. 800m: 3 R Norville 2:12.1. 5000m: 1 R Dessaix-Chin 15:30.9. 400mH: 1 J-C Roghi 57.4. HJ: 2 W Ireson 1.60; 2 P Walker 1.40. PV: 2 P Mayfield 3.00. LJ: 3 P Walker 5.19; 3 P Mayfield 4.68. SP: 2 P Mayfield 10.97; 1 C Privett M50 10.47. DT: 1 P Mayfield 34.91; 1 C Privett M50 31.66. HT: 1 C Privett M50 42.67; 1 P Mayfield 30:14. JT: 3 P Mayfield 38.35; 1 C Privett M50 33.88. 4x100m: 1 Belgrave 46.7 (P Mayfield, J-C Roghi, C Collins, P Walker). 4x400m: 2 Belgrave 3:41.8 (C Collins 54.0, R Norville 55.5, W Ireson 57.6, J-C Roghi 54.7). Women. 100m: 2 H Ryan 13.3; 3 S Dike U20 14.8. 200m: 2 A Horrobin 27.4; 2 S Dike U20 31.4. 800m: 2 A Heydenrych 2:25.4. 100mH: 1 J Favell 15.6. 400mH: 1 J Favell 65.3. HJ: 1 J Favell 1.50. LJ: 3 S Dike U20 3.50. TJ: 1 J Favell 10.85. SP: 2 J Favell 9.51; 2 H Mead 7.37. DT: 4 H Ryan 18.78; 1 H Mead 18.77. HT: 2 H Mead 18.47. JT: 1 J Favell 32.28; 1 H Mead 19.15. 4x100m: 1 Belgrave 55.4 (S. Dike U20, A. Horrobin, J. Favell, H. Ryan). Match result: 1 Woking AC 229; 2 London Heathside 167; 3 Belgrave H 136; 4 Sutton & Dist AC 47. Mt SAC Relays, Walnut, California USA, 20 April 2012. Men. 1500m: 12 K Gauson 3:52.28. PV: 13 R Warensjo 4.60. Kingston upon Hull Open, Hull, 15 April 2012. Men. 200m: 2 L Giblin 22.05. Tooting Bec, 14 April 2012. Men. JT: 2 P Mayfield 41.39. Utech Classic Invitational, Kingston, Jamaica, 14 April 2012. Men. 200m: 4 D Chambers 21.32/nwi. Miami Invitational, Oxford, Ohio USA, 7 April 2012. Men. 800m: 7 K Gauson 1:53.66. 1500m: 2 K Gauson 3:49.02. Chelmsford Throws Festival, 6 April 2012. Men. SP/DT/JT: C Privett M50 2 11.64/5 36.70/31.50. M50. HT: 1 C Privett 45.71. World Masters Indoor Championships, Jyvaskyla, Finland, 3-8 April 2012. M35. JT: f 13 P Mayfield 42.95. HT: b 10 P Mayfield 32.16. W60. SP: e 5 V Thompson 10.14. WT: b V Thompson 13.37. Hercules YA Meeting, Crystal Palace, 1 April 2012.
Boys
Girls El Paso, Texas, USA, 14 March 2012. Men. PV: 4 R Warensjo 4.90. BMAF Champs, Lee Valley, 17/18 March 2012. M35. SP: 4 P Mayfield 11.01. DT: 2 P Mayfield 33.56. JT: 1 P Mayfield 40.96. HT: 10 P Mayfield 31.20. W60. SP: a 3kg 1 V Thompson 10.40. 1 DT: b 1kg 1 V Thompson 25.11. JT: b 400gm 1 V Thompson 23.90. HT: 3kg a 1 V Thompson 30.52. WT: a 5.45kg 1 V Thompson 12.23. SCVAC Champs, Lee Valley, 11 March 2012. W60. SP: 3kg 1 V Thompson 10.59. IAAF World Indoor Champs, Istanbul, Turkey, 9-11 March 2012. Men. 60m: b 3 D Chambers 6.60 (2s2 6.62, a 1h8 6.65). HJ: b 13=Q S Oni 2.22. Surrey Indoor Champs, Sutton, 3/4 March 2012. Men. LJ: a 3 D Wellstead 6.48. TJ: b 1 D Wellstead 14.21. U20m: 60m: 4h2 A Williams 7.49 Middlesex Indoor Champs, Lee Valley, 4 March 2012. Men. 60m: 4s3 P Walker 7.50 (4h1 7.39). 200m: 2 P Walker 23.81 (3h2 23.81). BUCS Champs, Sheffield, 25/26 February 2012. Men. 3000m: b 9 P Owor 8:33.34 (a 1h4 8:44.73). Bruce, Australia, 24 February 2012. Women. 400m: 1 R Pile 55.43. VAC Indoor Champs, Lee Valley, 19 February 2012. W60. SP: 1 V Thompson 10.20. Ghent, 18 February 2012. Men. 60m. 3 D Chambers 6.70 (1h2 6.64). Aviva GP, Birmingham, 18 February 2012. Men. 60m. 7h2 G Cackett 6.69. HJ: 3 S Oni 2.23. British Universities v RAF, Sheffield, 15 February 2012. Men. HJ: 3 T Gardner 2.00. Aviva European Trials & UK Champs 11-12 February 2012. Men. 60m: b 1 D Chambers 6.58 (1s2 6.64, 1h1 6.70); 6 G Cackett 6.74 (2s1 6.69, 1h5 6.78). 1500m: b 4 K Gauson 3:47.13 (a 1h2 3:49.51). 3000m: a 2 S Davies 7:58.78. 60mH: 6h1 G Wilson 8.36. HJ: b 1 S Oni 2.26. Russian Winter Meeting, Moscow, 5 February 2012. Men. 60m. 2 D Chambers 6.64 (1=h2 6.68). Birmingham Games, 4 February 2012. Men. 60m. 5h4 L Reid 7.70; 4h9 S Marcus 7.22. McCain City Challenge, Sheffield, 4 February 2012. Men. 800m. 4 R Ward 1:53.71. HJ: 1 S Oni 2.18. Windsor SE&H Winter Series, Eton, 4 February 2012. Women. 60m. 3r1h34 H Ryan 8.46. Vienna Indoor Classic, Vienna, Austria, 31 January 2012. Men. 60m. 1 G Cackett 6.69 (1h2 6.70); 8h2 L Reid 7.33. 200m: 3h1 L Reid 23.57. Celtic Cup, Cardiff, 28 January 2012. Men. 1500m: 1 S Davies (Wales) 3:44.19. AV Shield West Region, Meadowglen, Australia, 28 January 2012. Women. 200m: 1 R Pile 26.48. Hustopecské skákáni, Hustopeče, CZE, 28 January 2012. Men. HJ: 3= S Oni 2.31. Lee Valley, 28 January 2012. Men. TJ: 5 D Wellstead 13.92. New Mexico Invitational, Albuqueque, New Mexico, USA, 28 January 2012. Men. PV: 3 R Warensjo 5.07. Indiana Relays, Bloomington, USA. 27 January 2012. Kris Gauson placed 2nd in an indoor mile timed at 3:59.95 (3:44.10 at 1500m). The winner was 3:58.23. Army Indoor Championships, Uxbridge, 25 January 2012. Men. SP: 1 J Osazuwa 12.14. Newham &EB Indoor Series, 25 January 2012. Men. 60m: 1rBh4 P Walker 7.24. SEAA Indoor Champs Part Two, Lee Valley, 22 January 2012. Men. 60m. 5h16 L Reid 7.57. TJ: 9 D Wellstead 13.79. Loughborough Students Open, 21 January 2012. Men. 60m. 1r2h2 M Threadgold 7.05 (3r1h2 7.13). Gladstein Invitational, Bloomington, Indiana USA, 20 January 2012. Men. 3000m: 3r2 K Gauson 8:01.40. Crystal Palace Indoor Open, 18 January 2012. Men. 60m: 1rBh4 P Walker 7.32. SEAA Indoor Champs Part One, Lee Valley, 15 January 2012. Men. HJ: 1 S Oni 2.26; 2 D Edwards 2.20; 4 T Gardner 2.00. Cardiff Indoor Open, 8 January 2012. Men. 1500m: 1 S Davies 3:42.39. Cardiff Indoor Open, 8 January 2012. Men. 1500m: 1 S Davies 3:42.39. SLAN Meeting, Sutton, 8 January 2012. U13B. 60m: 1rAh39 R Ahmed-Khan 9.08. Metaswitch Indoor Games, Lee Valley, 8 January 2012. Men. 60m: 4r1h2 L Reid 7.45; 6r1h4 P Walker 7.55; 5r2h4 L Reid 7.43; 1rh6 P Walker 7.37. 60mH: 4r1h1 G Wilson 8.37; 4r2h1 G Wilson 8.46. Windsor SE&H Indoor Open, Eton, 8 January 2012. Men. 60m: 1r25 G Cackett 6.70. Indiana Open, Bloomington, Indiana USA, 7 January 2012. Men. 1 mile: 3r2 K Gauson 4:06.27. New Year Sprints, Lee Valley, 2 January 2012. Men. 60m: 4r1h21 P Walker 7.47; 6r1h28 L Reid 7.49; 1r2h24 L Reid 7.28. |
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again JC was our only representative in the 400H and also doubling up in
the B110H. Gary Wilson produced another solid effort to get fourth in
the A sprint hurdles.
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